• An appeals court put same-sex marriages on hold in California yesterday, ruling that "Proposition 8 could remain in effect while it considers the case." Oral arguments will be held the week of December 6, which means that a decision will probably not be made until sometime next year. [WP, CNN]

• The CIA has discovered tapes of 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison. Found under a desk in 2007, they may provide evidence to support or refute defense lawyers' claims that Binalshibh's years in CIA custody made him mentally unstable. [NPR]